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James McLaren Dakers

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James Gravemarker, (image courtesy of International Wargraves Project)

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: London
  • Service no: S/32072
  • Rank: Rifleman
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Rifle Brigade
  • Unit/Ship: 2nd Battalion
  • Place of Death: Belgium
  • Age at Death: 35
  • Date of Death: 17.11.1917
  • Burial Country: Belgium
  • Cemetery: Poelcapelle British Cemetery
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: XIII.C.15.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address: 101 Heniker Gardens, East Ham, London
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Mary Drummond Dakers

  • Father:

    James McIntosh Dakers, Strone Rd, East Ham, London

  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:

    Sarah Wardle Dakers, 431 Barking Rd, Plaistow, London

  • Children:

More about James McLaren Dakers

For reasons unknown James is not listed on the original Dundee Roll of Honour.

James M’Laren Dakers   S32072   Rifle Brigade

DAKERS―Reported missing at Passchendaele, 17th November, 1917, now reported killed on that date.  Rifleman James M’Laren Dakers, Rifle Brigade, beloved husband of Cissie Dakers, 101 Henniker Gardens, East Ham, and eldest son of James Dakers, Strone Road, East Ham.

Dundee People’s Journal 21st September 1918

Information supplied by Gary Thomson, additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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